2017

The Swedish Post and Telecom Authority (PTS) will hold a spectrum auction to assign frequencies in the 450 MHz band. The deadline for applications by interested parties to participate is 23 January 2018.

The number of mobile subscriptions with at least 1 GB per month as well as the total volume of data traffic transferred in mobile networks is on the increase. By contrast, mobile subscriptions without data have decreased. This is revealed in Swedish Telecommunications Market 2016, the report from the Swedish Post and Telecom Authority (PTS), which describes developments in the market last year.

The Swedish Post and Telecom Authority (PTS) is financing the continued development of Mina tjänster Sverige AB’s Mina Tjänster (“My Services”) app. PTS has three primary objectives in providing the financing: to improve the range of options provided by the app (for example, for persons with disabilities), to expand the app’s capacity to keep track of expenses, and to increase its ability to manage subscription services.

The application period is now open for the fourteenth Swedish Post and Telecom Authority (PTS) innovation competition, on the theme “A labour market for all”. This time, the competition is being organised in collaboration with Arbetsförmedlingen (Sweden´s Public Employment Agency) with the aim of producing digital solutions that increase access to a wider labour market.